Returning Residents

Request for Exemption from Residency Requirements

Boca Raton Residency Requirement

All full-time 'first-year to college' students are required to live in University Housing. Students residing with their parent or legal guardian within a 30-mile commutable radius of the campus are exempted from the residency requirement. Exemptions are made for students who are at least 21 years of age, students who are married, students who have a dependent child or students who are US military veterans, returning from a tour of duty. Students who wish to be exempt must apply by July 1 for the fall semester and December 1 for the spring semester (spring for spring only admitted students).

Jupiter Residency Requirement

All first year admitted students at the Wilkes Honors College are required to live on-campus for the first two years of their enrollment. Honors College students admitted as a transfer student with an AA degree, earned after high school graduation, or two years of full-time college enrollment, post-high school, are not required to live on campus. Non-Honors College students who attend the Jupiter Campus can also apply for housing but are not required to do so.

Damage Bill Appeals

Contract Cancellation Request Form

Current and future residents may submit a cancellation request form online for either the Boca Raton and Jupiter campus. The Cancellation request form is intended for students who are withdrawing from FAU classes and/or will not attend FAU. If you will remain a FAU student you must submit a Housing Appeal to be considered for release from your housing contract.

*Before you submit a cancellation request, be sure to read the Contract Cancellation paragraph of your housing contract.